Free Software
Christ-on-a-flame-grilled-bike! Why would you pay for software when there is plenty of good, free, legal stuff to be had!
Graphics
- Art Rage – natural media editor
- EleFont – produces 3D models of text
- Inkscape – vector graphics editor
- PoseRay – Poser model importing into POV Ray
- POV Ray – 3D rendering
- sPatch – simple 3D modeller
- The GIMP – digital graphics editor
- Panorama Tools and PTStitcher – make panoramic pictures
Sound
- Silent Bob – small and very useful raw .WAV recorder
- Audacity – freeware sound editor (.WAV and .MP3)
- maxWerk – MIDI looper for Mac classic
- Tunebite – strip away those annoying DRM shackles on your legally downloaded music files.
Internet
- Firefox – web browser
- Nvu – HTML editor
- Shareaza – file-sharing client
- ZoneAlarm – firewall
- Booru Webcam – simple, free webcam software for your Web site
- ByteCam – live IRC webcam software for mIRC
Office
- Open Office – complete office solution
Video
- SWF2AVI – converts Flash animations to a video file
- VirtualDub – video capture and processing
- TransCode – video codec conversion
Live CDs
- DyneBolic – Linux liveCD geared toward multimedia production and webcasting
- StreamBox – Linux liveCD, Knoppix-based, with similar aspirations to DyneBolic
- Knoppix – Linux liveCD for general purposes, perhaps the most famous liveCD
- Morphix – Linux liveCD based on Knoppix, but geared more toward user customization